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Cocktail Culture

Last Call for Tales of the Cocktail – 20 Tickets Available

by Editor 03.13.2011

For anyone interested in attending the Tales of the Cocktail, there are 20 tickets still available for purchase. This three-day festival will feature six seminars, held at the beautiful Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, from some of the world’s top mixologists, as well as opening and closing events.
The inaugural seminars at Tales of the [...]

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The Keefer Bar Joins the UD Community

by Editor 03.03.2011

Today, we are excited to welcome The Keefer Bar in Chinatown to the Urban Diner community.

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You Don’t Mess with the Sazerac

by Jay Jones 02.22.2011

Ten years ago we began to see attention turn to bar culture in our local hospitality scene; creative cocktail recipes and the imaginative personalities behind them became identified and embraced. We have our bar patrons to thank for the incredible growth in the quality of bartending, as your curiosity and thirst have helped raise our [...]

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Cocktail Kitchen Series – Season 1 Finale at The Refinery

by Jay Jones 02.21.2011

The inaugural season of Cocktail Kitchen has come to a triumphant close. The past seven months have seen The Refinery host the longest-running Cocktail and bartending competition this city has ever seen, with twenty two local barkeeps, pitted up against six different spirit & cuisine pairings.
From the perspective of this older Bartender, the most inspiring [...]

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Year of the Rabbit PR Delivery

by Editor 02.07.2011

Jamie Boudreau returns to Vancouver for one special night at Two Chefs; Downtown’s Red Card Celebrates Canada’s Game; Top International Special Event Award for Culinary Capers Catering; Taste the Olympic Spirit –  YEW remembers the dream! ; MARKET by Jean-Georges – Rabbit Wines to welcome Chinese New Year

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Superbowl PR Party!

by Editor 01.31.2011

The Cocktail Kitchen Finale Party!; A Taste of Tuscany at Cibo Trattoria; Blue Water Cafe’s 7th Annual Unsung Heroes Festival; Learn it, Drink it! Tuesdays at The Keefer Bar; Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia and Hawksworth Restaurant announce opening date: May 7th 2011; Super Bowl in Style at RED CARD; Commune Cafe introduces new dinner menu
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Buffalo Trace Bourbon Dinner at Brix

by paulkamon 01.27.2011

With the recent announcement of Tales of the Cocktail coming to Vancouver this March, our city’s dynamic bartending culture is in the spotlight like never before. So when Buffalo Trace, one of America’s oldest and most respected distillers from Frankfort, Kentucky with over 220 years of whiskey-making history decided to send their [...]

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PR Party – 2011 Special Events Edition

by Editor 01.15.2011

Tickets on sale now for Tales of the Cocktail Vancouver!; Tickets to Playhouse Wine Fest on sale January 25th; The Glowbal Collection: Countdown to Dine Out Vancouver; Blue Mountain and Friends: A Feast for the Senses; Eat Drink Local – January 16-19; Red Card Puts a Unique Spin on Dine Out 2011; Upcoming events at Legacy [...]

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Jay Jones Joins Market by Jean-Georges as Lead Bartender

by Editor 01.10.2011

Award-winning, veteran bartender, Jay Jones, joins the team of Market by Jean-Georges as lead bartender. Jones, who has been at the forefront of the local bar scene for more than a decade, brings his signature stylings to Market to showcase bar service at one of Vancouver’s destination restaurants. Jones goes behind the bar [...]

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The Refinery’s Cocktail Kitchen Series welcomes 4 “bartender finalists”

by Editor 01.03.2011

Details inside.

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A Summer at Cocktail Kitchen

by Jay Jones 11.25.2010

Cocktail Kitchen at The Refinery has cruised though it’s ambitious adolescence to become one of the best nights out drinking and eating in Vancouver. Now into it’s fifth month, I have had a chance to experience almost 20 of these special cocktail pairing evenings. $32 gets you 3 quality dishes and 3 cocktails made by [...]

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Cornucopia 2010 – Whistler’s Celebration of Wine and Food

by paulkamon 11.19.2010

One of my favourite boozy weekends of the year is Cornucopia in Whistler. This year, I decided to approach the festival like I would a martial arts tournament: with a fighter’s willingness to take a righteous beat down along with an open mind ready to explore the numerous possibilities being presented without reservation.
While the red-lining [...]

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